The president of the Portuguese League of Professional Football (LPFP), Reinaldo Teixeira, today announced the opening of a process of revising the body's statutes and confirmed the intention to re-apply for a new term.
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10/11/2026
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O president of the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), Reinaldo Teixeira, today announced the opening of a process of revising the body's statutes and confirmed the intention to re-apply for a new mandate.
“ Let's start a review process. The last ones were approved about 10 or 15 years ago. We want to review not only the article related to the composition of the bodies, but also other matters,” he said at the end of the Presidents’ Summit at the League headquarters in Porto.
Reinaldo Teixeira explained that suggestions were presented to change the statutes and said there was openness to analyze them, announcing the creation of a working group to prepare the review.
The leader also answered the questions asked by António Salvador, president of Sporting de Braga, about the composition of the leadership of LPFP, the representativeness of the Summit of Presidents and the possibility of anticipation of the elections.
“ Starting with the elections, I have already said that and again: I am a person who fulfils the commitments and what has been agreed. When there are elections, my intention and that of my team is to run for a new term”, he assured.
The President of the League recalled that he is fulfilling the remainder of the mandate initiated by the former postholder, a situation which, he said, had already been clarified last year.
“The current mandate corresponds to the completion of the mandate of those who were here earlier. This was said last year and was reiterated today”, he stressed, without announcing any changes to the electoral calendar.
Another of the points addressed was the participation of the clubs at the Summit of Presidents, whose representativeness had been questioned by the president of Sporting Braga.
The leader admitted the need to clarify who can represent sports societies and intervene in meetings, committing himself to lay down rules already for the next meeting.
“ Even without changing the statutes, the next summit will be defined who can intervene. I understand that there must be three figures: the main shareholder, the president and, in the absence of it, the CEO or who represents the sports society ", explained.
According to Reinaldo Teixeira, the next summit of Presidents will be organised according to these criteria, regardless of the statutory review that will be carried out.